High Spectral Efficiency Mode-Multiplexed Transmission over 87-km 10-Mode Fiber

H. Chen, Roland Ryf, Nicolas K. Fontaine, Amado M. Velázquez-Benítez, José Enrique Antonio-Lopez, Cang Jin, Bin Huang, Marianne Bigot-Astruc, Denis Molin, F. Achten,

Optical Fiber Communication Conference · 2016 · 16 citations · 11 references

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We demonstrate combined wavelength- and mode-multiplexed transmission with a spectral efficiency of 58 b/s/Hz over an 87-km single-span multi-mode fiber using 16-QAM modulation format. The hybrid fiber span comprises 10- and 15-mode fibers.

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